US carrier Delta Airlines has confirmed it has added 12 more Airbus A220 aircraft to its existing order bring its total firm commitment for the type to 131 aircraft. Delta’s commitment is made up of 45 A220-100 variants and 86 of the larger A220-300 variants. “The A220-300 offers efficient performance [read more]
Leading low-cost airliner easyJet (U2/EZY) has put eight new flights on sale for winter 2023/24 from several UK airports. The new batch includes four new flights to Hurghada, Egypt from Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Liverpool. For those travelers looking for a more Christamas-themed getaway, easyJet has new flights to Rovaniemi, [read more]
Leeds-Bradford based holiday airline Jet2 has completed the first Foreign Exchange (FX) agreement with Lloyds Bank which is sustainaby linked. Carrying out sustainable transcatioms will help the airline move towards its decarbonisation goal of reducing the gCO2 emissions per passenger kilometre travelled. Lloyds Bank has worked with Jet2 for some [read more]
The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) took place this weekend at RAF Fairford and despite the best efforts of the British weather, there was plenty of flying and great displays, both in the air and on the ground. Friday and Saturday were both hit with delays and cancellations due to [read more]
Following Friday’s washout which saw just a handful of aircraft get airborne, the organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford have confirmed that Saturday will go ahead as planned. The Met Office is forecasting rain, thunderstorms and wind gusts up to 45mph for the Gloucestershire base [read more]
The 2nd quarter results from US aerospace giant Boeing showed that it delivered 136 airliners in the period bringing the year-to-date deliveries to 266. The majority of deliveries were of single-aisle Boeing 737 airliners with the total being 103. Boeing 787 Dreamliners were the next most popular with 20 being [read more]
The UK’s leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has become.the first airline to be awarded the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award. The UK Government scheme recognises businesses for the opportunities theu provide Armed Forces community. Loganair currently employs 16 people who are part of that community. Among them is Captain Aakash [read more]
A bumper June, boosted by Paris Air Show, has seen European aerospace giant Airbus reach 903 orders for the month. The gross ordere figure for June includes record breaking IndiGo deal for A320neo family aircraft annoinced on day 1 of the Paris Air Show. June was also good for deliveries [read more]
A bot programme created to track Elon Musk’s private jet has launched on Twitter rival Threads after the Elon Musk owned platform banned its account. Created by Jack Sweeney Elon Musk Jet automatically posts when Mr Musk’s takes off and lands using the publicly available ADS-B data sent by aircraft. [read more]
The number of UK flight cancellations in the first half of 2023 is the lowest seen since the covid pandemic hit in 2019. 6,665 flights were cancelled in the first half of this year according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium equating to 1.53% of scheduled flights. Unsurprisingly 2020 saw the [read more]
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